The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.